Group 1 Automotive declares $0.50 quarterly dividend; shareholders eliminate supermajority charter provisions

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC

Dividend of $0.50/share payable June 16, 2025 to record June 2, 2025; consistent with previously announced 6% annualized increase to $2.00.
Shareholders approved eliminating 80% supermajority requirement for amending Articles FIFTH and SEVENTH; now requires majority vote.
All nine director nominees elected with over 11M votes each; advisory say-on-pay passed with 92.8% support.
Shareholder proposal for simple majority vote failed (5.3M for, 6.1M against).
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor approved with 12.2M for, 3k against.

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Governance Changes SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06 confidence 0.99

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC: The Company amended its certificate of incorporation to eliminate supermajority vote requirements, replacing the 80% voting power threshold with a majority vote standard for amending certain provisions (effective 2025-05-13).

Change: charter amendment
Effective: 2025-05-13

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The Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, among other things, eliminates the requirement that at least 80% of the voting power of the then-outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, is required to amend or repeal certain provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, including Articles FIFTH and SEVENTH of the Certificate of Incorporation.

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